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42 Removing and Replacing Parts
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NOTICE: Read "Preparing to Work Inside the Computer" before performing
the following procedure.
1
Remove the hard drive.
2 Remove the keyboard.
NOTICE: You must remove the display assembly before you remove the
palmrest assembly; the display assembly hinges pass through the back of the
palmrest assembly.
3
Remove the display hinge cover and display assembly.
4 Turn the computer over and remove the three M2.5 x 12-mm screws
that are labeled with a "circle P."
5 Remove the two M2 x 3-mm screws that are located in the hard drive
bay labeled with a "circle P."
6 Turn the computer over, and remove the three M2 x 3-mm screws that
secure the palmrest to the bottom case assembly.
• Remove the two M2 x 3-mm screws that are located on the back
edge of the bottom case assembly, underneath the display
assembly.
• Remove the M2 x 3-mm screw located underneath the keyboard,
on the right side of the bottom case assembly, next to the
microprocessor thermal cooling assembly.
7 Pull up on the pull tab that is attached to the palmrest flex cable
connector to remove it from the touch pad connector on the system
board assembly.